Verbal Abuse

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. — read the full passage →

A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! — read the full passage →

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: — read the full passage →

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: — read the full passage →

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. — read the full passage →

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: — read the full passage →

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; — read the full passage →

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.